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Meaning of 棘

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棘
Pinyin: jí
English Definition: thorns
Chinese Definition:
①酸枣树,茎上多刺;泛指有刺的苗木:荆棘。棘手(喻事情难办)。棘刺。棘针。
②针形的刺:棘皮动物。
③古同“戟”,兵器。
Total strokes: 12; Radical: 木
Pictophonetic:朿 indicates the sound; 朿 (thorn) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
    • 朿 [ cì ] thorn, sting, prickle; to stab; to assassinate
    • 朿 [ cì ] thorn, sting, prickle; to stab; to assassinate
Similar Characters: 辢
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Example Words
棘手 jí shǒu thorny (problem); intractable
荆棘 jīng jí thistles and thorns; brambles; thorny undergrowth
沙棘 shā jí sea-buckthorn
披荆斩棘 pī jīng zhǎn jí lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom); fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way; to break through hardships; to blaze a new trail
棘皮动物 jí pí dòng wù echinoderm, the phylum containing sea urchins, sea cucumbers etc
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Example Sentences
1
但是昏暗光是如何引起树突棘数量变化的呢
?
But how might dim light have brought about dendritic spine changes?
2
每根棘突尖端蓝色膨胀部位都盛满了毒液
。
The blue swellings on the tip of each spine are filled with venom.
3
海胆在海峡群岛附近的海底挥舞着它们的棘突
。
Sea urchins brandish their spines on the seafloor near the Channel Islands.
4
在长达四周的活动中
,
他们仅有六次观察到腔棘鱼
。
Over the course of four weeks, they spotted coelacanths only six times.
5
这些小无脊椎棘突动物在全世界的海洋中都可以找到
。
These small, spiny echinoderms are found in oceans all over the world.